Oe-Cusse’s Municipal Court (OMC) is still using manual systems, while other municipal courts have been using automatic systems for some time now.
The Country Representative for international NGO Counterpart International/USAID, Carolyn Tanner, said before setting up an automatic system at OMC, her team will provide justice staff with training in using manual systems to gather data.
“We noted that the Baucau court has been using automatic systems with computers to collect data but the OMC is still using a manual system,” said Country Representative Tanner in Dili.
Tanner added that she became aware of this reality following her team’s research conducted in Baucau’s Municipal Court and at the Oe-cusse’s Municipal court.
In response to the concerns, the President of the Court of Appeals, Judge Guilhermino da Silva acknowledged this issue and added they are struggling to set up an automatic system in the special administrative region of Ambeno-Oecusse.
“The automatic information system is being installed at the Dili Court and then it will be installed in Suai and only then in Oecusse,” said President Judge da Silva.
Judge da Silva said all courts have to use automatic systems because manual system often results in low quality statistics.
“Some cases are undetectable through the manual system but entry, final and pendent cases will be able to be tracked and monitored adequately through an automatic system.”
